Garment-support.



PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

G. E. GRUMP.

GARMENT SUPPORT.

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WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed February 2a, 1906. Serial No. 302,608.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, GEORGE ELDER ()RUMP, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented an Improved Garment-Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention seeks to provide a slmple and inexpensive attachment for the ordinarytypes 0 bed-room chairs for supporting mens outer garments in a neat manner similar to that of hanging them on the ordinary I might scratch or otherwise mar the chair.

My invention comprehend's a body portion comprising end members whose lower ends are arranged to slip over and clamp the upper edge of a chair-back, a top portion shaped like an ordinary coat-hanger, and a loop portion for receiving the leg portions of a air of trousers, and a clamp for securing said leg portions in the loop.

In its more specific nature my invention consists of certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my invention applied to the back of a chair. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a pair of trousers suspended and stretched on the back of the chair. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment. Fig. 4 is asimilar view illustratin the hanger portion, also formed of wire. ig. 5 is a perspective view of a further modification of my attachment ap lied to a chair-back. Fig. 6 is a section on t e line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5.

- In the practical application of my present invention the bod ortion of the attachment comprises a ho y portion formed of a pair of side members R R and a cross-bar V,

and in the preferred form of my invention the members R R and bar V are formed of a single piece of stout spring-wire, which at the oints where the members R and V merge is ent upon itself to form a pair of long springloops 8 s for conveniently sli ping over and clamping the chair-back, as shown in Fig. 1, and where the end members s s of theloops terminate the wire member is bent to form eyes .9 8 one of which forms the hinge-eye for a clamp member- T, also formed of stout spring-wire, whose other end terminates in a hook T. to interlock with the other eye 8 the reason for which will presently ap ear.

P designates the topof the attac'ment, preferably of wood, secured to the side memers R R. This top has the shape of an ordinary coat-hanger and has its ends p p projected beyond the side members R R to provide for the proper distending of the coat when hung therein. The coat-hanger top P may be made of wire, and when thus made the entire attachment excepting the clamp R can be bent up from a single piece of wire, as clearly shown in Fig. 5%.

Instead of. forming the bod portion of wire the hanger P, together with he body and the clamp, may be made of Wood, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and when this made the side members R R have their lower ends notched, as at r", to fit over the chair-back, and said end is rovided with a clamp-spring M, adapted to it over the chair-back and be tightly clam ed thereagainst by the setscrews N. i t hen made as last explained, the side members R R are joined by a crossbar R, to which is hinged a-clamp-bar E, having a catch e to engage the detent e, as shown.

By reason of the peculiar construction of the attachment the same can be readil attached to an ordinary chair-back an the coat or vest supported over the chair in a disusually is held on a closet-hanger, and since the trousers are hung over the! back of the chair from the loop attachment-body independent of the means for supporting the coat the two articles do not interfere, and hence are properly suspended and maintained in an unwrinkled condition.

If desired to stretch the trousers, a second clamp device in he nature of a bar hinged to the back rung a on the bottom of the chair is provided, as shown in Fig. 2, which engages and grips the body portion of the trousers, as

own.

Having thus described my invention, What tended or open position, the same as it.

andclamp portion of the I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An attachment of the character described, comprising a pair of side arms having means at the lower end for clamping the top of a chair-back, a cross-bar connectin said side arms adapted to support a air 0 trousers therefrom, a clam thereon or engaging the trousers, an a coat-hanger mounted on the upper end of the side arms, as set forth.

2. A coat-hanger attachment for chairs, comprising a bod portion formed of a flexi-' ble body bent to orm side arms, and a crossarm, and into clamp-loo form at the points where the side arms and cross-arms merge, and a ha erspiece fixedly secured to the upper end 0 the-side arms.

3. A coat-hanger attachment for chairs, which comprises a body portion bent up from a single strand of spring-wire, having a air of s e arms, a cross member, clampoop portions at the points. where the side arms and cross member merge, a separate clamp member hinged to the cross-bar having means for interlocking with said bar and a hanger-shaped top fixedly mounted on the upper end of the side arms, as specified.

4. A coat-han er formed of a single spring-wire stran bent to form a top or hanger portion, a pair of side arms, a crossbar connecting the side arms, and springclamp loops at the points where the side arms and cross-bar merge,as set forth.

5. A coat and trousers han er, which comprises a supporting member aving a coatanger shape, a body portion consistin of a spring-Wire strand bent to form a pair 0 side arms, the upper ends of which are fixedly secured to the top or supporting member, the lower ends terminating in spring-clamp loops, the end of said loops mergin with a cross bar, and a clamp-rod hinge in one of. the said loops and having a hook end to engage the other loop, as set forth.

GEORGE ELDER CRUMP. l

I Witnesses:

N. E. NUZUM, EDGAR R'Is'rE. 

